At both the first presidential debate last week and at Tuesday night's vice-presidential debate, the Republican nominees went after their Democratic opponents for their apparent preparedness, calling them out on multiple occasions for practicing their lines and re-using phrases.

'You use that a whole lot'

At Tuesday's vice-presidential debate, there were at least two instances where Pence called out Kaine for using prepared remarks.

The first came when Kaine was discussing the economy. "Do you want a 'you're hired' president in Hillary Clinton, or a 'you're fired' president in Donald Trump?" Kaine asked, using a line he and Clinton frequently deploy on the campaign trail.

The second time came after Kaine delivered a long critique of Trump, honing in on the Republican nominee's past comments in which he said he might not have a problem with other nations getting nuclear weapons.

For some, the line of attack indicates that Trump doesn't value preparedness.

Trump values going 'off-script'

In some ways, however, the line of attack makes sense. Trump, after all, has build his campaign on his unexpected and often-times off-the-cuff remarks.

Just last weekend, for instance, Trump received significant press attention for going "off-script" at a rally in Pennsylvania.

As chronicled by Washington Post reporter Jenna Johnson, Trump " took a nearly 20-minute-long break" from his prepared remarks to tackle topics like his relationship with Vladmir Putin, his temperament, and his 'bum mic' at the first presidential debate.